00:00A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to five years in prison
00:07for obstructing authorities after his failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024.
00:14The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of using the Presidential Security Service
00:19to block an arrest, fabricating official documents, and bypassing the required cabinet approval
00:25for martial law. This is the first ruling related to the criminal charges he faces over the botched
00:30declaration. Yoon faced up to 10 years in prison for obstruction after barricading himself in his
00:37residence in January last year and ordered the Security Service to block investigators. He was
00:42arrested on a second attempt involving more than 3,000 police officers, marking the first arrest of
00:48a sitting president in South Korea. Parliament, including some of Yoon's conservative allies,
00:54quickly overturned his martial law decree and later impeached him. He was removed from office
00:59in April last year after the Constitutional Court ruled he had violated his official duties.
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